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In the Media

Learning From Europe to Advance Innovative Redevelopment

October 30, 2015

The Detroit Future City (DFC) Implementation Office was one of several Detroit-based partners that participated in a recent German Marshall Fund (GMF) research trip through the Ruhr Valley, Germany, and […]

5 ideas for creating a shared regional vision for southeast Michigan”

October 29, 2015

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, a group of metro Detroiters gathered in the basement auditorium of the Detroit Institute of Arts to hear a panel of experts discuss something that’s long […]

Turning to “Paradise” for equitable growth in Detroit

October 26, 2015

In the first half of the 20th Century, two areas on the northeast side of Detroit’s central business district teemed with African American residents, retail businesses and entertainment venues. The […]

Detroit to take stage at world’s top architecture show

October 26, 2015

In a cultural coup for Detroit, the U.S. State Department has chosen the Motor City to be the entire focus of the American pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale, the world’s […]

Ideas to repurpose 4 Detroit sites to be shown at 2016 Architecture Biennale in Venice

October 24, 2015

A global spotlight will shine on ideas for repurposing four Detroit sites in an exhibit at the 2016 Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, next spring. The exhibition — called “The […]

Detroit Future City Issues Field Guide For Residents

October 12, 2015

The Detroit Future City project has issued a field guide for city residents.  Its purpose is to give ideas to Detroiters about how to re-form empty lots or back yards […]

New Detroit Field Guide Released to Help Residents With Vacant Lots

October 5, 2015

After decades of population loss, many of Detroit’s neighborhoods are faced with an overabundance of vacant lots where houses once stood. Even the city’s healthiest, densest areas aren’t immune. Over […]

Detroit is even putting worms to work revitalizing city

October 5, 2015

DETROIT — In its effort to revitalize, Detroit is putting even worms to work. On an east side lot last week, forestry workers with the non-profit Greening of Detroit scattered 85,000 worms onto a […]

Online tool to help Detroiters transform vacant lots

October 5, 2015

Detroit has about 23 square miles of vacant land, and as city officials prepare to demolish more blighted homes each month, that number could reach as high as 30 square […]

How 85,000 worms are helping vacant Detroit lots

October 5, 2015

In its effort to revitalize, Detroit is putting even worms to work. On an east side lot last week, forestry workers with the non-profit Greening of Detroit scattered 85,000 worms onto a […]

Detroit Strategic Framework

The DFC Strategic Framework, a shared vision for Detroit’s future, is the result of a massive, citywide public-engagement effort. It recommends a series of ideas, strategies and approaches on how to best use the city’s abundance of land, create job growth and economic prosperity, ensure vibrant neighborhoods, build an infrastructure that serves citizens at a reasonable cost, and maintain the high level of community engagement integral to the long-term revitalization of Detroit.
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The Field Guide to Working with Lots

The Field Guide to Working with Lots is a user-friendly tool to connect Detroit residents, businesses, and institutions to resources to learn, collaborate, and better practice land stewardship in Detroit. This step-by-step guide provides readers with instructions on how to transform vacant land in their neighborhoods into 38 landscape designs ranging from installation by beginning gardeners to professional contractors. View the interactive guide now.
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The State of Economic Equity

Detroit Future City’s (DFC) report, “The State of Economic Equity in Detroit,” illustrates the deep disparities that persist in Detroit and provides recommendations that provide a path to an economically equitable Detroit in which all Detroiters are meeting their unique needs, prospering, and fully and fairly participating in all aspects of economic life within a thriving city and region.
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